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Invasion Of The Robo-Calls: Last Ditch Campaign Efforts Light Up Home Answering Machines

By Gillian Ferris Kohl

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Flagstaff, AZ – On this Election Day, some candidates are making last ditch efforts to reach potential voters. They're using "Robo-Calls", recorded political messages left on home answering machines.This year, campaigns nationwide paid for hundreds of millions of Robo-Calls, with more than 80 percent made in the last week alone. But, as Arizona Public Radio's Gillian Ferris Kohl reports, they seem to have little effect on voter opinion.